We are Delaware Liberal. We are a political news and opinion blog that concentrates primarily on local Delaware politics, but also on national politics. And yes, we are liberal, progressive and Democratic, and thus, our take on events will, unlike our mainstream media, have a liberal bias. But conservatives, Republicans, moderates, Libertarians, and Independents are welcome here. Have fun, and stop by often.
Rules of the road:
1. Personal threats or intimidations of physical violence.
Political debate can get personal here, and we expect name calling at times. Hell, we even engage in it from time to time. But no one can ever be allowed to personally threaten violence in order to either win the argument or to shut up his or her opponent. We are not talking about general hyperbole here (i.e. Republicans should be round up and shot). While such general hyperbole is wrong, it is not bannable. All that will result is you being roundly condemned. I should know.
2. Outting
This is self explanatory. If you post a comment that reveals personal, private and identifying information concerning any Delaware Liberal contributor or commentator that uses an anonymous or pseudonymous user name or handle, you will be banned instantly with no recourse.
The second tier has two categories of comments as well. However, instead of instant banning, the commentator of such below comments will be given a warning and will lose posting privileges for 24 hours. The warning will be sent to the email you provide when posting your comment. If you provide a fake email, then we will embarrass you by posting the warning publicly in the comment thread. The offending comment itself will be deleted. Repeated violations of the below rules after the warning will eventually result in banning, but that will be at the discretion of the editorial board of Delaware Liberal.
3. Vile bigoted statements
We are talking about racial, homophobic, sexist, ethnic, and antisemitic slurs. We are not talking about profanity or profane name calling. Calling someone an “asshole” is ok. Calling someone a “fag” is not.
4. Stay On Topic
Over the last year, Delaware Liberal has gotten quite good at running a an Open Thread post. They usually run Monday through Saturday. If you have something to say that is not being covered in a current blog post, then please use the most recent Open Thread to add your comment. When having a debate in a blog post, please stay on topic. If you don’t, the editors of Delaware Liberal will move your comment to the latest Open Thread post. Sometimes we’ll edit the comment to say why we moved it, sometimes we won’t. If you continue to post off-topic comments in post threads, you will be banned.
We as contributors and owners of the site attempt to adhere to these standards as well. However, we will adjudicate these infractions outside of the public eye.
